A group of comedians and humorists, including Chris Rock and Jimmy Fallon (center), share a lighthearted exchange with Pope Francis during a gathering with the pope in the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican on June 14, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Jun 14, 2024 / 07:20 am (CNA). Pope Francis got a chuckle…
Father José María Calderón (left) is Spain’s national director of the Pontifical Missions Society. Serafín Suárez (right) is a missionary in Zimbabwe. / Credit: PMS Spain ACI Prensa Staff, Jun 14, 2024 / 08:00 am (CNA). The Spanish section of the Pontifical Missions Societies (PMS Spain) has presented its annual report for the year 2023,…
USCCB President Archbishop Timothy Broglio speaks at the bishops’ spring meeting, Thursday, June 13, 2024 / USCCB Louisville, Ky., Jun 14, 2024 / 08:00 am (CNA). The president of the U.S. bishops’ conference, in a speech to his fellow bishops gathered in Louisville, Kentucky for their spring meeting, discoursed on the subject of the incompatibility…
Former abortionist turned pro-life advocate Dr. John Bruchalski speaks at a Live Action press conference in Washington, D.C., on June 12, 2024. / Credit: EWTN News Nightly/Screenshot CNA Staff, Jun 14, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA). The same week the U.S. Supreme Court dealt a setback to the effort to rein in the growing distribution…
An unknown security guard stands at the entrance of a church destroyed during the fighting with ISIS in Mosul, Iraq. / Credit: CHRIS POOK/Shutterstock ACI MENA, Jun 14, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA). The fall of Mosul, Iraq, to ISIS in 2014 wasn’t the beginning of the struggle for the city’s Christians. Killings, abductions, and…
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Bishop Michael Burbidge of the Diocese of Arlington, Virginia, is chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Pro-Life Activities. / Credit: Zelda Caldwell/CNA Louisville, Ky., Jun 14, 2024 / 05:00 am (CNA). The head of the U.S. Catholic bishops’ pro-life committee on Thursday expressed disappointment in the Supreme Court ruling that allowed…
Echoes of the Holy Trinity ring out in the hearts of fathers. Failing to appreciate this leaves them prey to the cultural vandals. First, a bit of digging. As with every mystery of our Catholic Faith, the Holy Trinity is called a mystery not because it is like a riddle but because it is like…
One of the catch phrases you hear about and from people in recovery from addiction is the danger of “people pleasing.” It is the old concept from spiritual theology which used to be called “human respect.” The Stations of the Cross by St. Alphonsus Liguori refer to that in one of the meditations, and I…
